Prayers and Meditations — §453
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 453 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِمَا أَظْهَرْتَنِيْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَأَلْقَيْتَ عَلَيَّ حُبَّكَ وَعِرْفانَكَ، أَسئَلُكَ بِاسْمِك الَّذِيْ بِهِ ظَهَرَتْ لَئالِئُ الحِكْمَةِ وَالبَيَانِ مِنْ خَزَائِنِ أَفْئِدَةِ المُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ، وَأَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ اسْمِكَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَلَى مَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَسَمَائِكَ، بِأَنْ تَرْزُقَنِي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days, and infused into me Thy love and Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee, by Thy name whereby the goodly pearls of Thy wisdom and Thine utterance were brought forth out of the treasuries of the hearts of such of Thy servants as are nigh unto Thee, and through which the Daystar of Thy name, the Compassionate, hath shed its radiance upon all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, to supply me, by Thy grace and bounty, with Thy wondrous and hidden bounties.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GraciousgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Lauded be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §48: the impediments
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
SE rendered سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának), اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumm), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “Glorified, O Lord my God, give Thee thanks”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “give Thee thanks”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: give Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §266: glorified
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
SE expanded to “were brought forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: helperfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §66: is comekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: blossomethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: to unveiltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “have”, “infused”, “engraved” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §210: beforekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: face—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: and from beholding Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §451: His Well-Beloved Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: Thy Causetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me
SE expanded to “and Thy knowledge”
knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ye may be madegleaningsGWB §455: unknownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the want of capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: all them thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: renowned
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §222: in Our namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%
SE expanded to “and Thine utterance”
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
treasuries 47% treasures 16% all 11% within 5% treasury 5% inviolable 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: treasurygleaningsGWB §479: thy treasureskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Treasuries ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Treasuries of Thy knowledgethe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §523: your treasures
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: the heartsgleaningsGWB §575: the heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: illumined heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §453: the souls
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: approachfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §575: that are nigh unto Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hour draweth nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: would draw them nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §700: them that hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: the servantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: all Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
SE expanded to “hath shed its radiance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: shineth and flashethfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §226: appearedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: will ariseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: caused Him to shinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: fourth Ishraq
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the Most Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §273: My mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §197: the Most Compassionatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbiláprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earth
SE rendered أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), وَسَمَائِكَ، (wasamáʾika،), تَرْزُقَنِي (tarzuqaní) as “earth, Thy heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §581: suffice to enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: partakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: and supply themwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §195: nourishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: sustenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §382: to supply
